It affects my emotions, how I'm thinking about relationships. Like, ‘I wish product XYZ existed.’ Combining my skill sets has allowed me to leap into entrepreneurship in a really unique way and create life-changing products.īeing out of balance, which is what was happening, really affects my basic functionality day-to-day. So, by virtue of being a consumer, I have been able to identify a lot of white spaces in the market. I had Kevyn Aucoin’s books when I was in, like, elementary school! In middle school, I started consuming beauty products because I had such a passion for them. What's interesting about the position I sit in is that I have always been a huge fan of beauty, health, and wellness. We have a fantastic Medical Advisory Board of different doctors, nutritionists, and practitioners that have served as my guides and tutors. That and also because, at the time, I kept thinking, ‘Is there something wrong with me? Am I the only person on this earth that is dealing with this?’ Very broadly, the answer is no. I soon realized there was whitespace when it came to total body care products for women that were made with clean, biologically effective ingredients - without toxins, without fillers - packaged beautifully, and paired with really important education. That I didn’t have to keep grasping at straws. I started feeling better about a year and a half after I started taking supplements, but really, I felt so much relief from just knowing that I had a new path to follow. I get everything I need from food.” But I learned that that's really not the case. My perspective was more, “I don't really need supplements. I had never really been a person that bought into the benefits of vitamins and minerals before. What I learned is that these problems can be addressed with the use of different types of probiotics and supplements. So, in 2021, it's really hard to not have a gut health issue of some kind. Even the air that we're breathing can contain harmful substances. I am a firm believer that living as a human in our modern times is the biggest culprit for everybody's gut health issues because their microbiomes get thrown out of whack from antibiotics, over-the-counter medication, alcohol, food preservatives, and chemicals that are getting into our bodies by way of beauty products.
It's identified as inflammation throughout the body. It can also present as intimate health issues, like recurring vaginal infections and UTIs, because there is also a gut-vagina axis and a gut-skin axis! The microbiome in your gut is kind of your master microbiome and when you are struggling with your gut microbiome, there’s a pretty high chance that some of your other microbiomes are going to be challenged as well. During my process of discovery, I learned that in addition to vitamin and mineral deficiencies, I was also having a lot of gut health issues that presented as depression and anxiety because there is a gut-brain axis. Biohacking, health and wellness, the way the body works - it all fascinates me. I am naturally very curious about the human body. I need to be asking hard questions.” I realized I had to take my health into my own hands. Just like my doctors, I was focused on treating my symptoms instead of finding and solving the underlying issue. I realized that I had been approaching my health problems from the wrong perspective. I was so frustrated that it took well over a year to find answers, but once I got the lab results, it was like a light bulb turned on. We were both surprised to see that my vitamin B12 and vitamin D levels were severely deficient - deficient to the degree that she wouldn't let me leave her office without getting a vitamin B injection! Finally, after an 18-month journey, my general practitioner ordered a more in-depth blood panel. I knew in my bones – literally – that there was more to the story than had been figured out. I felt like there was more to what was going on with me than just a change in the way that I was feeling emotionally. In the beginning, my doctors treated my symptoms, but there was no understanding as to why this was all happening. I kept getting chronic infections that would land me at the ob-gyn all the time. I was very fatigued, and I became depressed and anxious, something I had never experienced before. I had a lot of mystery symptoms: I was really dizzy, I developed vertigo, and there was a weird ringing in my ears. After a years-long struggle with her health, former The Hills star Lo Bosworth founded Love Wellness, a clean total body care company for women.Ī number of years ago, I started feeling very much not like myself.
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